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Database Update: Artstor

Have you noticed that the digital art library database, Artstor, looks different? You may have thought, Wow! No more pop up windows or Flash needed when I want to look at an image, but where did my instructor privileges go?

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University Libraries Presents: STEM Speaker Series, Dr. Ming-Yu Ngai

The University Libraries is pleased to announce its third and final lecture of the fall 2017 STEM Speakers Series presented by Dr. Ming-Yu Ngai, Department of Chemistry.   Title: “Visible-Light-Driven Artificial Photo-synthesis in Organic Synthesis” Date: Tuesday, November 14 from

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University Libraries participates in CommUniversity Day 2017

On Saturday, September 23, 2017, Stony Brook University celebrated its first CommUniversity Day.  It was a day to share some of the exciting and innovative offerings available on campus.  Members of the University Libraries volunteered their time for the event, highlighting

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Tech Spotlight: TED

TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a nonprofit that organizes and hosts speakers on dozens on topics ranging from technology to entertainment to global issues in over 100 languages. All of these talks are available online for free. TED hosts a

Posted in About Us, Emerging Technology, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Health Sciences Librarians Receive NNLM Award

Stony Brook Health Sciences Librarians Jessica Koos, Jamie Saragossi, and Gregg Stevens, along with Sal Filosa from the Port Jefferson Free Library, were recently awarded the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) Health Information Awareness Award. The purpose of

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New Reaxys Interface Switch Date, November 30, 2017

On November 30, 2017, Reaxys will switch to new Reaxys interface and the original version will no longer be available.   What is Reaxys? Reaxys is an online research solution designed to retrieve property, reaction and synthesis data from a

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Communiversity 2017

View photos from the library’s participation in Communiversity Day (9/23/17). Special thanks to Library IT student Edward Wang who generously volunteered to act as photographer for the event.    

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Art in the Jazz Age: Sep. 26

The Art in Focus Lecture Series returns on September 26th with Charles A. Riley II, director of the Nassau County Museum of Art, discussing the creative and social ferment of 1920s Paris.     Drawing on his 2017 book, Free

Posted in About Us, Art, Music, Southampton, Writing and Literature

SBU Libraries’ Southampton Library Says Goodbye to Summer with Six-Word Stories.

The SBU Southampton Library recently brought a popular activity back for an encore: the six-word story. Since the first project’s theme was “Spring”, we decided to keep the seasonal cycle going with “Summer”. Our students had a lot to say without many

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University Libraries Presents: STEM Speaker Series, Dr. Krishna Veeramah

The University Libraries is pleased to announce its second lecture of the fall 2017 STEM Speakers Series presented by Dr. Krishna Veeramah, Department of Ecology and Evolution. His talk, “Ancient European Dog Genomes Reveal Continuity Since the Early Neolithic” will

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